**Machine Learning** is about *using the right features, to build the right models, to achieve the right tasks* [[Flach, 2012]][0] However, to come up with a definition of what actually means **right** for the problem at the hand, it is required to analyse huge amounts of data, and to evaluate the performance of different algorithms on these data. However, deriving a working machine learning solution for a given problem is far from being a *waterfall* process. It is an iterative process where...
The Python DB-API 2.0 provides a direct interface to many popular database backends. It makes interaction with relational database very straight forward and allows tapping into the full set of features these databases provide. The talk will cover advanced database topics which are relevant in production environments such as locks, distributed transactions and transaction isolation. ---- The talk will give an in-depth discussion of advanced database programming topics based on the Python DB-API...